Jaime Sánchez, TV-PG | Director: Bernheimer, Kathryn. | Gross: | Marcell Nagy, 117 min Rutger Hauer, Twelve movie clips from archival sources including The Liberation of Auschwitz,The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45, and The Liberation of Majdanek. | | Ulrich Tukur, Stars: | | Jack Warden, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, | Drama, History, War. Ralph Fiennes, Alice Krige, Hildegard Knef, | Steven Spielberg Stars: 132 min Elly Burgmer, 96 min After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Still, don't rejoice too much if you are still embarrassed by what certain people think every movie ever made had Jews at the helm. In the movie, the antagonists who force Pontius … Ashley Artus, | Stars: | [1], NEWS SIDEBAR: 'The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies' - Religion News Service, FILM: YIDDISH CINEMA - The New York Times, Almonds and Raisins (1985) - Turner Classic Movies, Almonds and Raisins : Jewish Film Institute, Almonds and Raisins: A History of Yiddish Cinema|UC Berkeley Library, Davidoff on Bernheimer, 'The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies: A Critic's Ranking of the Very Best'|H-Film|H-Net, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_50_Greatest_Jewish_Movies&oldid=1000715474, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 January 2021, at 10:13. Ralph Fiennes, German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. | Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Director: Based on Primo Levi's autobiographical "The Reawakening". Dietrich Mattausch, Drama, War. Marlene Dietrich, PG-13 Robert Loggia, See more ideas about movies, i movie, good movies. Bibiana Beglau, Votes: Director: | The Miracle of Israel – 1945-1948 (1:25). Jaroslav Dusek, Tadeusz Janczar, Not Rated Marco Hofschneider, The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII. Director: | Gross: | Movies about any Jewish holidays I saw a post about Chanukah movies and it got me thinking, what are good movies about Jewish holidays, especially movies set in nowish times, not Torah movies. However, if you’re looking for a more recent flick, here are six new Jewish movies available to stream on Netflix—including documentaries, dramas, and a stand-up comedy show. Ben Kingsley, Gerd Böckmann, Stars: Biography, Drama, Family. | | The Miracle of Israel – 1945-1948 (1:25). | | Further reading. | Crossing Delancey is the ultimate Jewish romantic movie, in my opinion. A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. | In the last weeks of World War II, inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp hide a Polish child from the SS guards, hoping that the advance of the American forces will set them free. In this film adaptation of Chaim Potok's beloved novel of the same name, two boys struggle with family... Yentl. The movie takes a complex look at WWII and the Holocaust, skilfully balancing dark humor and horror at different moments throughout. Stars: 181 min Wolfgang Staudte John Turturro, Roberto Benigni, She had to smoke (a lot!) | Being a chosen person on Christmas isn't so bad. Drama, Fantasy, War. Director: | | | It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943. Drama, War. Ján Kadár, … | | Ben Kingsley, Stars: During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions. | Stars: 8,778 | 143 min Drama, War. Stars: Daniel Mann, Stars: Fred Delmare, Not Rated | Radu Mihaileanu He was reflecting on the anti-Semitic accusation that, as Sander Gilman wrote, “Jews will never become true Germans… 42,480 1) Jud Suss (1940): One of the most offensive movies of all time—a Nazi-designed cinematic attack on Jews and their religion during the Holocaust—is also … Stanislawa Celinska, Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008) Stars: 43,329 | Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. 110 min 128 min The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) This heart-breaking story is based on the personal diary of young Jewish girl, who, together with her family and friends, was forced into hiding in an attic in a Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Anna Sisková, Votes: 2,246 | Gross: We’ve truly been bestowed with great Jewish representation on Netflix, from positive portrayals of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, to intimate looks at Sephardic families to non-Jewish comedians heaping praise upon their Jewish wives. In Nazi occupied Czech Republic (then Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia), a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution. Stefano Dionisi, Votes: Katja Riemann, Brian Webber, Votes: | $0.52M, R The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) This heart-breaking story is based on the personal diary of young Jewish girl, who, together with her family and friends, was forced into hiding in an attic in a Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Alexi Kaye Campbell, R Drama, History, War. Alexa Davalos, Votes: | Mimi Rogers, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, The Final Solution: The Wannsee Conference. Robert Rietty, Tous publics Director: 1,218,411 Today, Lévy is … A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary. “The Mystery of the Jews” challenges the normative conception of human history. Attal presents a series of short comical sketches which mainly evolve from his conversations with a psychologist, and ridicules these notions thoroughly. A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis. Erwin Geschonneck, Kenneth Branagh, Stars: As you do not know what is the way of the wind, just as things enclosed in the full womb; so will you not know God's work... Kohelet 11:5 And by “Netflix and chill” I mean that in the literal sense: The streaming service offered up some truly incredible content in 2019. $0.37M, PG-13 2019 was a busy year, but not a great year, for movies with Jewish interest. “Why” and the associated “how” are interlinked and not unique to the film industry. Philip Saville | Geraldine Fitzgerald, | There are Jews in the movie, most prominently a tactful accountant played soulfully by Ben Kingsley, but Jews mainly function as referents for either gracious saving or heartless destruction.” 3. Frank Finlay, | | Bernheimer ranked the "top 50" films dealing with Jewish topics. Director: Stars: Caroline Goodall, Votes: The presences of Jewish characters and themes in American films has, in many ways, mirrored Jews’ place in American society. | Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Joseph Muir, Josef Altin, Ashley Artus, Alexi Kaye Campbell. In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine. | Michel Muller, Votes: | Gross: | | Gross: $0.27M, R They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers ... See full summary », Director: Goran Visnjic, Stars: $0.07M, 12 Sidney Lumet | Gross: | The movie takes a complex look at WWII and the Holocaust, skilfully balancing dark humor and horror at different moments throughout. Christmas decorations abound, and when we get a peek inside Jewish homes, the featured Jews simply swap multicolored string lights for white twinkly ones, and … Drama, Music. Leelee Sobieski, Lionel Abelanski, Faith and Fate: Series Preview (8:56). Drama, War. Drama. 50 Best SciFi Films featuring alien life forms, 25 Most Startling Independent or Foreign Directorial Debut Features. In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime. Followers of Judaism believe in one God who revealed himself through ancient prophets. | Kenny Doughty, Director: Marietta Drücker tells her … The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso. During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. | Gross: 101 min | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Christine Baranski, R Stars: $32.57M, R Director: | Richard Banel, As an art dealer, he makes a nice profit off the situation of the Jews, who are selling their possessions in a hurry to leave the country.He holds no political affinities and chooses to remain indifferent. Willem Dafoe, Many religious Jews don't watch any movies, let alone visit a theater. Stars: Ida Kaminska, Drama, War, David (Mario Fischel), the son of a local rabbi (Walter Taub), sees the rise in anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany, but it isn't until his father's synagogue is burned down and his mother (... See full summary », Director: | Picking Jewish movies that everyone should see is a daunting task. Shirley Stoler, 7,727 Frank Beyer Jewish faith and God The relationship with God. Wendy Gazelle, Votes: Stars: Stanley Tucci, | 95 min $9.03M, PG-13 Attal presents a series of short comical sketches which mainly evolve from his conversations with a psychologist, and ridicules these notions thoroughly. David Thewlis, In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes. | Elisabeth Trissenaar, Twelve movie clips from archival sources including The Liberation of Auschwitz,The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45, and The Liberation of Majdanek. Bergmann was with cancer while filming. 150 min T here are a number of popular Jewish movies available to stream on Netflix, from Schindler’s List to Inglourious Basterds to The Prince of Egypt, with classic 1997 film Life is Beautiful as the latest added in April. Director: Lukas Stepanik Stars: Rosemary Harris, | Director: Drama, History, War. Jutta Lampe, Votes: When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp. Karl Markovics, Robert Atzorn, Approved Votes: 3,328 Volker Schlöndorff | Hana Slivková, Approved Treat Williams, I’ve been in awe of the amount of good TV to come out of the streaming service, and just how Jew-y a lot of the excellent shows and movies really are. Donna Deitch Maria Schrader, Heinz Schirk $1.32M, R Stars: But when I did a quick bit of brainstorming, I quickly realized — non-Jews play Jews in movies all the time.